Thierry Forey

Thierry Forey was a general of France.

Biography
Thierry Forey was born in France, but he was posted to Madagascar as the commmander of an army of 12,000 French troops in the Malagasy capital of Tanarive (Antanarivo). On 21 December 1863, during the French War of Yucatan, he repelled an attack by 11,850 Mexican troops under Francisco Gonzalez when they attacked his forces in the mountains of Tanarive, and he saved the island from Mexican occupation.